The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

Always let your subordinates know that the honor will be all theirs if they succeed and the blame will be yours if they fail.

I am for the people of the whole nation doing just as they please in all matters which concern the whole nation; for that of each part doing just as they choose in all matters which concern no other part; and for each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else.

He who does something at the head of one Regiment, will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred.

I am not an accomplished lawyer.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country... corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.